Civil War Flashcards
What did Charles I strongly believe in?
The Divine Right of Kings
What was the Divine right of Kings?
When someone believes that their power comes from God , so they shouldn’t share it with anyone
How much did Charles spend on his court? Why were people annoyed at this?
Over £35,000, people thought that their tax money was being wasted
Why did Charles close parliament?
Becuase they didn’t give him the money that he asked for
How long did he close Parliament for? What was it called?
11 years, Eleven year tyranny
Gives some examples of ways that Charles got more money
- Charged legal fines
- Sold off Knighthoods to rich traders
- Ship money - Before 1635 only people living near the sea paid ‘ship tax’, for protection against invaders, but now he made everyone pay
Was Charles Catholic?
No, but people suspected that he might secretly be
People suspected that Charles might secretly be Catholic, why?
- He liked lots of decoration in churches
- He married a French Catholic
- He made priests wear vestments
- Re-introduced stain glass windows
Who did Charles appoint as Arch Bishop of Canterbury?
William Laud (A friend of Charles)
If someone spoke out against the changes to the church, what would happen to them?
they would have their ears cut off
William Laud tried to get the Scots to accept the new prayer book, but they thought it was too _____
Catholic
Charles sent out and army to Scotland, and lost. he was angry and wanted revenge but had no money, What did he do next?
Re-opened parliament to ask for money, they refused. he shut down parliament again and sent out another army anyway.
After Charles sent out the second army, and lost. What happened?
he had to pay the Scots £850 a day. he had to then re-open parliament
before parliament gave Charles any money, what did he have to agree to?
- Punish the advisors the parliament did not like (they made him execute his friend, the Earl of Strafford who had led the army badly and encouraged the king to go to war).
- Abolish ‘ship money’.
- Parliament should choose the King’s advisors.
- Parliament should be recalled every three years.
- To get rid of ‘star chamber’, a special court just for the king that punished people without a jury.
Parliament made another list of complaints against Charles, What was it called?
The Grand Remonstrance - it had 19 new laws
